The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 17, 1900, Page 6

THE' SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1900. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. tddress All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. OFFICE. .Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Main 1SGS. PUBLICATION 217 to 221 Stevemson St. Main 1874, EDITORIAL ROOMS Telephone Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Maill, Including Postage: 3 L sding Sunday), one year... $6.00 ding Sunday), 6 month: 3.00 o e Lesina 1.00 thorized to receive Sample coples will be forwarded when requested. OAKLAND OFFICE.............1118 Broadway C. GEORGE KROGNESS Manager Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building, Chicago. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON..., Herald Square NEW YORK REPF Y LUKENS JR... ENTATIVE: CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; use; Auditorium Hotel. NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, 31 Union Square; 111 Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE.. MORTON Wellington Hotel Correspondent. CRANE mery, corner of Clay, open en until 9:30 o'clock. 639 615 Larkin, open until 11 10 o'clock. 2261 until ® o'clock. 1096 106 Eleventh, open until corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, lock — AMUSEMENTS. ‘The Girl From Paris.” cert Tuesday afternoon, March 20. She Loved Him So.” es in Fairyland.” i Because u Seen Smith.” Piano recital this afternoon. heater—Vaudeville every afternoon and 1a m, 2and 7p m, . corner Geary and Stock- at 11 o'clock, at 1625 Market st day, March 20, Horses, at E THE SCAVENGER CART NUISANCE. gnat while swallowing a camel of Health is doing with made and is making a process of cleansing China- but it permits scavenger car he city to pass through the roughfares in the busiest ing the germs of disease in the the city with a genuine g e part of the refuse carried away in When shop sweepings is blown from the barrels there e from disease germs. ouse and results an is not directly dangerous to ass, however, is the refuse ambers, and with that there sease. Modern science has ver of the most dangerous to civilized races are propagated by i ied by the air. the Jungs they develop rap- produce widespread pesti- eds of victims to the grave. ated cities wise precautions are ob- of garbage, and the carts which rmitted to traverse crowded streets when business is carried on. A i be provided and enforced in this say the health of San Francisco is more endangered by the scavenger cart nuisance gue in Chinatown, and yet the s no effort to suppress it. ts attention to this evil in order that ce the authorities to take steps There is no reason whatever why ould not be enforced here regulations on the lar to those which have proven so efii- The reform will not require the a large additional sum of money, for vhich now haul the refuse by day could j mically haul it after business hours. It re a reform which can be effected without in- asing the deficiency in the treasury, and yet would ncalculable advantage to the community. B — n end to it as ecor therei ‘rom the number of complaints, protests and peti- that are being presented against the gentle in- the Commissioners of Public Works the the city must have come to the conclusion the board is rightly named, its works are er 100 coarse. fortunate monkey who gave up his life to the great cause of municipal politics had at least one satis- faction in life and one consolation in death. He n't near the monkey the interesting gentlemen murdered him made of themselves in a mistaken Some worthy citizens of Marysville are circulating thscri st to raise funds for the erection of a 1 in that town. It seems strange that an > old Jove has not been made and the paper i to his Excellency the Governor. len mi experts on lying seem to have a distinct ad- in the Fair case over the experts on hand- writing in the fact that they occupy 2 prominent place on both sides of the case and are received with mutual sigence. The recent pugilistic fiasco and fraud indicates some- v that if all the people cannot be fooled all ne a great many of them like to be fooled most Bryan has his innings now and can harangue and arass the public wherever he chooses, but on election day the people will get even with him, .29 Tribune Building | When these | E have. heretofore quoted Mr. Blaine’s views GREAT BRITAIN'S MISTAKE. Won the forcible annexation of territory. They are the views of a statesman and a student of ‘lbe world’s history and affairs, and therefore they ap- | ply to the conditions of which they treated wherever i‘such conditions exist, and under whatever form of government. The war between Chile and Peru arose cver diplomatic disagreements. Chile prosecuted it with vigor and overcame the feeble arms of Peru. When she had won victory she did not propose to | stop with the triumphant afiirmation of her diplo- | matic claims, but insisted upon taking over Peruvian | territory as a conquest. Peru, being weak, in this strait appealed to the United States to intervene | against her forcible dismemberment. Mr. Blaine was ecretary of State, and his views were communicated ally to the two Governments through General | Kilpatrick. Wequote from a volume of the “Politi- cal Discussions, Legislative, Diplomatic and Popu- lar,” copyrighted by Mr. Blaine and published in 1887, pp. 350-361: “Without entering upon any dis- cussion as to the causes of the late war between Chile | on one side and Peru and Bolivia on the other, this | Government recognizes the right which the successful conduct of that war confers upon Chile, and in so | doing T will not undertake to estimate the extent to | which the Chilean Government has the right to carry its calculation of the indemnities to which it is en- | titled, nor the security for the future which its inter- ests may seem to require. But if the Chilean Govern- ment, as its representatives have declared, seek only a guarantee of future peace, it would seem natural that Peru and Bolivia should be allowed to offer such in- demnity and guarantee before the annexation of ter- ritory, which is the right of conquest, is insisted upon. If these powers fail to offer what is a reasonably suffi- | cient indemnity and guarantee, then it becomes a fair | subject of consideration whether such territory may not be exacted as'the necessary price of peace. But at the conclusion of a war avowedly not of conquest, but for the solution of difficulties which diplomacy tory a sine qua non of peace is calculatgd to cast sus- | picions on the professions with which war was origin- ally declared. It may very well be that at the termi- nation of such a contest the changed condition and relation of all the parties to it may make readjustment of boundaries or territorial changes wise as well as | necessary. But this, when the war is not one of con- , should be the result of negotiation and not the | absolute preliminary condition on which alone the victor consents to negotiate. At this day, when the | right of the people to govern themselves, the funda- ques | ous than the forced transfer of territory, carrying with it a hostile and indignant population, and noth- jtify it. It is not a case in which the power desiring the territory can be acceptéd as a safe or impartial |judge.” The exact application of this to the situation in | South Africa is as plain as its statesmanship is indis- | putable. The issue between Great Britain and the | svaal did not involve conquest. The questions sed, which diplomacy failed to settle, were far | afield from any suggestion of a change of sovereignty | or destruction of republican government, to substi- | tute therefor an imperial monarchy. If Mr. Blaine | were alive now and disgussing the existing situation he | could describe it in no different terms, nor apply to As we have heretofore admitted, his statement ap- Iso as a rebuke to his own country and a warn- | ing against expansion by conquest, in which the United States is imitating England. | We think that any unprejudiced American will ad- Emi( that the peace of the world would be more secure, plies | the safety of nations more assured, and the happiness | | of peoples advanced and safeguarded, if the just and | profoundly statesmanlike ideas of Mr. Blaine were | made the international rule. } Those who believe in the rights of man, wherever {they may be, are startled and shocked by the attitude | | tant rates as they are they might not feel the injustice | so keenly. But they do krow it, and they know that | of Great Britain and her proposed destruction of re- | publican government in Africa. It is a dangerously | reactionary policy, especially when taken in connec- | tion with the new attitude of the United States. ) All monarchies are interested in the suppression of republican institutions, and though as liberal a con- | stitutional Government as that of England appears as | their destrpyer, absolutism and the divine right of | sovereignty are encouraged and strengthened. | Looking into the future it may be expected that de- ‘::lructinn of the South African republics will give an | impetus to autocracy, against which there will follow | revolution on a scale as great as the uprisings which | preceded and followed the Napoleonic wars. | Friends of freedom had supposed that their battle { was won, and that the ideas which form the structure ‘Lof popular government were thenceforth to make their way in all lands. But the designs of Great Britain practically re- | verse the progress of a century, and may make neces- | sary the renewal of a battle that was believed to be | won forever. | | |THE BRITISH AND THEIR ARMY. AISER WILLIAM is hardly more eager for K an increase of the German navy than some British jingoes are for an increase of the British army. War is clearly one of the things in which appe- tite grows by that it feeds on. About the only moral the jingoes draw from the contest in South Africa is that the empire needs a larger military force and that it will conduce to the welfare of the British people to furnish it. The sanguine optimists who believe that whatever is is right have long since reached the conviction that a public debt is a public blessing and they are now about to add the further dogma that a general conscription of young men for a three years’ term of service in the army would also be a blessing. The argument is one which has long been current in Germany and in France. It is to the effect that, while universal conscription withdraws young men from industrial pursuits at the age when they are best fitted to acquire trades or professions and form | habits of thrift, there are compensating gains in the moral and physical improvement due to discipline, drill and regular habits. It is asserted by way of proof that with her huge army Germany has managed to advance industrially and to become a strong competi- tor with Great Britain in the commerce of the world, while at the same time improving the health and the physique of her population. The London Lancet, however, has drawn from th= war the conclusion that something more than drill must be done to build up the stature and the stamina of the British race. It attributes the early successes of the Boers largely to the strength, agility and hardiness of the race, nearly all of whose men and women are employed during the whole course of their lives in health-giving occupation. Moreover it says: “But apart from the flesh and bone, the big, strong frames and the hard muscles, developed by the healthy, { had failed to settle, to make the acquisition of terri- | mental basis of republican institutions, is so widely | recognized, nothing is more difficult or more danger- | | | ing but a necessity proven before the world can jus- | Cambridge said: | and everybody else. There is no right of appeal. | Harris S. Bean, a director in the Chamber of Com- | merce, emphatically urged the passage of the bill. | Exchange and member of the Chamber of Commerce, | unfair. | Massachusetts. These are sufficient -to prove the | that Boston protests because her merchants have to | pay $50 a year for telephone service. -| not belong to the new woman brigade, constant outdoor exercise, the Boers have practical freedom from the diseases due to alcoholism and vice. They are not total abstainers, but they are remark- »ably sober and drunkenness is rare among them. Equally important from the health point of view is the fact that the Boer is essentially a moral man. . On | the other hand, how often are British soldiers pun- !ished for drunkenness and invalided through their | vices. Not only is almost every Boer physically fit to | take the field and fight for his country, but he is a stronger, healthier and bigger man than even those who have been selected by medical examination as fit to serve in the British army.” The Lancet argues that the British people who_ live |in the country are much superior to those of the cities: “The efforts of legislation and of philanthropy | should be directed, first, to the endeavor to get as large a section of the population as possible back on to | the land. Second, we should strive to make town life | as similar to country life as is possible. Therefore our streets shoyld be as broad and our houses surrounded | with as much open space as circumstances will admit. | All accumulations of filth which corrupt the atmos- phere of towns should be removed with the utmost | celerity and means of communication should be so | multiplied and reduced in cost as to enable townsfolk to enjoy the maximum of exercise in the open coun- try. If we must fight for our empire such measures are indispensable.” These are big suggestions, and if the Boers do noth. ing else they can at least have the satisfaction of know- ing they have taught the British some lessons it will take them a long time to digest and put into practice. e —————— SUPERVISION OF TELEPHONES. E have several times directed attention to the Wstmggle now going on in Massachusetts to establish a State supervision over telephone companies, and now revert to the subject for the pur- pose of pointing out the well-nigh universal senti- ment of the people of the State in favor of the pro- posed reform. 2 In a report of the proceedings of a single day of the hearings before the committee having charge of the issue, the Boston Globe states that among those who appeared in support of the measure were repre- sentatives of the State Board of Trade, of the Boston | Chamber of Commerce, of the Fruit and Produce Exchange of Boston, and delegates representing the citizens of Cambridge, Lexington, East Bridgewater and Quincy. Among the petitions urging the pass- age of the proposed act was one signed by more than 1800 firms in Boston alone. The speeches of the advocates of the people affirmed an almost unanimous sentiment in favor of supervision. Ex-Senator Dallinger of Cambridge said: The business men of Massachusetts are in favor of and have gone on record in favor of State supervision of these corporations. Professional men everywhere have | come forward in its support. Just grlevances have caused this movement for supervision. I have vet to | talk with a business man of Boston who holds no stock in the New Engiand or Massachusetts com- panies who has not expressed himself as heartily in favor of the bill before this committee. It is favored pecially, T would add, by smaller business men, to | whom $50 a year for a telephone means much. That there is great demand for this cannot be doubted. There are some business men of standing present here who will testify to that demand. Other speakers were not less emphatic. Thus the report goes on to the effect that ex-Mayor Hall of | *The undoubted tendency of the times is to protect the | public against quasi-public corporations, who either do | not or will not give full statements of profits to the pub- lic. For years these corporations have received greatest benefits and privileges without giving either to the cities | or the people anything like an adequate return. The | people of Massachusetts are to-day paying telephone i rates that are exorbitant and unreasonable. There is a necessity for changing the situation and I believe this | bill before the committee is a good one. | of the business men is with it.”" Ex-Representative Mead of Lexington was strongly in favor of the proposition. At present the telephone companies do what they please with the business men The sentiment To his mind it was only fair and just. If the business men of Boston did not know they were paying such exorbi- | other cities in the West and elsewhere are getting bet- ter and cheaper rates. Sidney L. Burr, a director of the Fruit and Produce | followed with a brief statement in favor of the bill. The | business men of Boston were absolutely under the thumb of the telephone company and must bow to the dictates of that company absolutely without right of | appeal. Mr. Burr said the rates charged were eminently State supervision had become imperative. | It is not worth while to quote more from the | speakers showing the sentiment of the people of widespread demand for supervision. It is to be noted The charges | made upon the merchants of San Francisco are much in excess of that. If, then, according to the state- | ments of the speakers quoted, some form of super- | vision over telephone companies is imperative in | Massachusetts to protect the rights of the public, it is surely not less imperative here. EUREKA AND HER TRADE. Y the annual report of the Board of Harbor B Commissioners on the imports and exports of Eureka for the year 1809 a most excellent show- ing is made of the commercial activity of the port. The increase in business over 188 is notable, and | gives evidence of the growing prosperity not only of | | Eureka itself, but of -all the region for which it | serves as an outlet and a commercial center. | The summary for the year 1808 was as follows: Exports 123,006,025 feet lumber, valued at. $1,373,511 06 Other products .......ceeues 1 00 | Total exports $2,769,963 06 | Imports 37,504 % tons merchandise and coal.... 1,625,735 00 Excess of exports over imports. +.$1,144,228 06 The summary for 1899 stands thus: | Exports 156,901,198 feet lumber, valued at. -$2,104,778 Other products, valued at... . 1,917,175 Total value of exports...... ceerersaenaanea... . $4,021,953 | Tmports 37,5%% tons merchandise and coal.. 1,625,735 00 iron, etc., valued at......... . +$1,984,393 | Excess of exports over imports....... $2,00,5% It will be seen there is a very gratifying increase in every important particular. It is to be borne in mind, moreover, that the resources of the rich area of coun- | try tributary to Eureka have hardly been exploited. | The development of that section of the State is in the feture. Much has been done, of course, but more re- mains to be done. When Eureka is supplied with abundant railway facilities to reach the region back !from the coast and to connect with the main trunk lines of the State, and has freight rates sufficiently moderate to give her merchants a chance to handle the trade that will spring up in that section, the city will | become one of the busiest on the coast, and Eureka will rank among the most important of our ports. The Fruitvale woman who found a rifle more per- suasive in argument than her tongue probably does A 9000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000006 OPEN LETTER TO ROLLA V. VATT ON METHODISM. BY HORATIO STEBBINS. OLLA V. WATT, Esq.—My Dear Sir: My attention was called to your forcible remarks on Method- ism and some of its present as- pects, reported in The Call of the 13th. Your frank, outspoken and public style justifies me, or any citizen, in addressing you a note equally public if not as forcible. What I have to say is with sincere respect for yourself and the large and influential body that you rep- resent. My early associations Meth- odism. The great kol o i b B! Wesleyan Acade! was in my native town. '{'ln( u.clde:; Was one of the most influential schools, in its day, that the Methodists ever cher- ished. Its pupils came from far and near, North, South and West. The principal, or head master of the academy, was the distinguished Wilbur Fiske, afterward founder, I believe, and first president of the Wesleyan Unlvefig‘v at Middletown, Connecticit. Wilbur Fiske was a guest at my father's house, and I have a child- hy memory of his presence, and when on his way'to Middietown to establfsh ;]llls ;I(le‘:l“:x:lo\'erslt ‘t}}:era ;le (;;Hed to pay s my father's fami mhe(m hl?‘ bllenigesd R religious ucation as a child in l{iethodlxm, in the midst of its t:xfi toms, its annual revivals, camp meetings, songs and prayers. The late Abel Ste- vens, who spent his last days amid the Wwalks and groves of San Jose, was an interesting character to me in my child- hood. He was then a pupil in the acad- emy, and when he came across the moun- tains, a three or five mile 1k, to freach on Sunday morning he mfle great mpressions. On a pleasant morning in - and ea;y un‘?reu igeon whose wings could beat the air on heavenward w’:' \ or flutter down to earth where ‘“idie warblers roam.” As his heart melted in Rmyer or his eyes were lifted toward .;;\;Ien_ women wept and men shouted dear sir, you speak discouragingl of Methodism here. 1 have nalhlng‘lz say of the specific faets of which you speak, but Methodism has been and is a great religious power in our country. ou know its origin, you know its course, Are you right in your complaint or do You mistake the times? Methodism arose in John Wesley's con- viction of the spiritual lethargy of the Church of England. He had no idea of disruption in that church, but only to re- vive its declining power. His idea of re- vival, however, failed and he went out into the open fleld of the common heart to apply new methods for the salvation of men. This gave the name Methodism, which was ridiculed and sneered at, and the witty and sarcastic Sidney Smith called the disciples of Wesley ‘‘consecrat- ed_cobblers.”” Probably there never has been a scheme of religious propagandism devised so in- fluential, so adapted to the common want of the time, that could make meager equipment go so far as the itinerant sys- tem of the ministry. The early convert was made a preacher, and he could walk or ride wherever he was sent, to village or open grove or borders of the wilder- ness, and his muscle was as hard as the leather of the saddle in which he rode. P e s = S e e daand ] I. f I. | ‘Wherever he went a revival was expect- ed, and songs were sung and prayers were offered for the sins of men. My dear sir, when you speak so discour- agingly of the condition of Methodism, do you take due account of the times? Manners and customs have changed. The itineracy, a masterly scheme to use un- educated men who exhausted all thelr resources in a year, {8 now practically abolished, if even nominally retained. Revivalism, as a method of religious in- fluence, is out of date. The bulk of men are not converted according: to the an- clent phrase, but they are led on through an unfolding experience which, to the re- vivalist, pure and simple, seems stupid, dull and indifferent. In view of this great R R B e e e R e e R R RN Y REV. HORATIO STEBBINS. L e e e e e SR SR S Y moral and spiritual fact, mlou not a little severe upon your Methodist breth- ren, lay and cleric? Men do not rise now to tell their private religious experience as if they themselves had been the par- ticular objects of divine care; and the conviction that character is destiny Is more influential with them than figures of sensuous suffering. I'm inclined to think, my dear sir, that Methodism is not dead, nor has it lost its energy. It has only changed its methods, but it {s still Methodism, a way of doing it that has divine sanctions that kee time with the progress of the mind ol man. With sincere respect, I am, yours very truly, San Francisco, March 16, 1900. | % § z | § | : _% © REV, MR, SHELDON'S CHRISTIAN DAILY Lk e - A California Editors Consider It a Huge Advertising Scheme and a Flat Failure as a Newspaper. & LEOLK =3 5 mm;flam& @00 LTSS LIOLN GUOTIO SLOLIHL GLOLOLODOLS LTS HOLSVIOL GUOLCP | SACRAMENTO BEE. It is a magnificent advertisement for the Capital, and also for Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, and is about as blasphémous a piece of fake work in the name of Christ as history has recorded. editing the To, ka Capital or any sther journal. If Christ were on earth he would not be found He would have all he could at- tend to—would, in fact, have to work overtime—in driving mountebanks out of the pulpit. < SACRAMENTO RECORD-UNION. ‘The whole business is a fraud and a cheat, and after all possible charity is ex- pended for it and the methods to bhe employed are honestly debated the sound mind must come back to the conclusion that it is a sharp, shrewd and unconseion- able advertising trick—a trick that is going to take some hundreds of thousanis of dollars out of the pockets of dupes witnout b any fair consideration in return, . NAPA REGISTER. The week will end on the 20th and then the Capital will resume business un- der its old management, the circulation will drop back' to something like a permanent point and the subscribers will 1 be able to tell how they like it—with or without Mr. Sheldon, whose book ouglit to sell pretty well now. e e MARYSVILLE APPEAL. Of course the proprietors give the reverend gentleman the control of the journal more as an advertisement than sentiment. The mention of the venture in more than eight thousand newspapers will give the Capital a class of ad- vertising valued at thousands of dl)]l.a.r!.. ‘WOODLAND DEMOCRAT. The assumption that one man may read all news and blue pencil all save that which he decems it safe for the general public to read is supremely ridiculous. Mr. Sheldon’s ideals are vislonary and hngl‘tctleabla. and if persisted In would swamp the Capital in less than six mont! s . SANTA ROSA PRESS-DEMOCRAT. If the “Sheldon edition” should be made a permanent thing the paper would not have five hundred subscribers at the end of three months and the doors would be closed and oceur, and with Mr. gafllncked—un)en, of course, somethi heldon at the helm this could hardly . s miraculous should expected. STOCKTON MAIL. The Topeka Capital in Sheldon's hands is merely a religious weekly %f the straitest sort expanded into a daily for the occasion. Were it not a money-mak- ing proposition for the interests Mr. Sheidon has at heart it would be a mere plece of meaningless nonsense. £ . SANTA BARBARA PRESS. ‘Whether or not the effort will redound to the good of Christianity, it Is surely grevlng a very valuable advertisement for both Mr. opeka Capltal. . . . . VISALIA DELTA. Sheldon’s writings and for the . The whole thing is a monumental advertising scheme, Which, from a business standpoint, is all right. But from a religious standpoint it is a sad mistake. POPOOLPOP0969090694) ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THE FLAG. AN audience representative of the character, patriotism and intelli- gence of the Middle West heard General W. H. L. Barnes speak at the Union League of Chicago on the occasion of the recent Washington birthday banquet. In closing his address the orator paid a tribute to the flag in words that inspired his hearers to the greatest enthusi- asm. 'The oratory brought men to their feet and kept them cheering for a good five minutes. The sentiments which evoked the applause were: To the true American the na- tional ensign has the same meaning whether its white stripes stiffen under the pale coruscations of the Arctie aurora or its red bands blush a deeper crimson beneath the pas- slonate kisses of an equatorial sun. To him, wherever it is borne, from State to Territory, from continent to archipelago, from the flelds of commerce to those of battle, from the bright day of prosperity to the darkness of an adverse night, under sun or stars, it speaks a single lan- guage and utters a solitary prophe- cy. .As to the rapt vision of Con- stantine there shone in the heavens the sacred emblem of humanity’s redemption and above it a sure promise of victory in its name, as to the far-away watchers of Na- tal's beleaguered city the electric chirography of science wrote in daz- zling characters upon the' clouds that lowered above it the inspiring message that all was vet well with those who waited within its well- defended trenches for the music of the bigles and the cannon of the delivering hosts of England, so to the true American his flag is the _perpetual symbol of his abiding g:lth in the ultimate triumph of liberty, Jjustice, religion and the pursuit of happiness and an unfail- ing assurance that all is and shall be forever well wherever it is found.” 000000000 PPPPPP0PPP099PPPOPANVVPPPPPPPPP0P0P0009PP0P9009000000900000060 0 ¢eo000000 DIFFERENCE IN TIME—Subscriber, City. The difference in time between San Francisco and Denver, Colo., is one hour and eighteen minutes, and between San Francisco and New York it is three hours and thirteen minutes. THE NINETEENTH—A. O. S., City. This correspondent asks for a short an- swer as to the century, and the shortest that can be given is, this is the nine- teenth. PROPHETIC—W. R., City. This depart. ment, not laying clalm to being able to foretell events, cannot say if this corre- independent states, that Queen Victoria will die during the present struggle and | that the English language will be the of- | ficial language of the o uth African re- public. LAND QUESTIONS—H. M. M., Willows, | Cal. If Brown should take up 160 acres of Government land under the homestead act and sell that land to Smith before he | (Brown) receives his title or patent.there- for from the United States, Smith, the purchaser, would have to homestead the land before receiving title or patent for the same. In such a case Brown would not forfeit his right to locate another 180 acres in another part of the country. AN ACQUIRED RIGHT—A., Emery. ville, Cal. If an individual secures a plece of Government land and builds a private road over the property of another, with | his consent, allowing him to place gates upon the same to keep in his stock, that individual at the end of five years' resi- dence on the land and continuous use of the road gains a right of way thereonm, and that right of way would be vaid te any subsequent purchaser. —_——— PHELANISM TO THE SURFACE. Petaluma Argus. The great reforms and wonderful things promised the city of San Francisco by Mayor Phelan under the new charter do not materialize very rapidly. Thé new government had searcely started before they had the biggest kind of a police scandal as the result of Phelan's actions and pre-election pledges. Ever since then the corruption pot has been boiling, the Health Board has been on the gridiron, and the pure essence of Phelan dema- gogy has been coming to the surface. The good people are beginning to seea through the veil Phelan has been thro ing over their eyes for four or five years. 1f the citv were to hold an election to- day the majority against Phelan would be 10,000. The political demagogue needs watching. —_—— Large variety of nut taffles. Townsend’s.* ————— Townsend's Cal. glace fruits, 50c Ib, in fire-etched boxes. 639 Market st., Palace.® Special Information supplied dally to business houses and public men by tha Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont« gomery street. Telephone Main 1042, The electrical display of the United States at the Paris Exposition will show the complete history of electrical engi- neering of the nineteenth century. Personally Conducted Excursions In improved wide-vestibuled Puliman tourist rleeping cars via Santa Fe route. Experfenced excursion conductors accompany these excur- sions to look after the welfare of passengers. To Chicago and City every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. To Boston, Montreal and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Louis every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and Friday. Ticket office, 528 Market street. —_—— It yon suffer from looseness of the bowels, Dr. Siegert's Angostura Bitters will surely cure you. —_——— Luxuriant hair with its youthful color assured by using Parker's Hair Balsam. Hindercorns, the best cure for corns. ————— If a fire requires blowing to give it a ood start it will be found that blowing lown into the flames makes it burn up more brightly and quickly than if blown 15 cta. spondent is correct in the pr ostication tE:t “the South African republic will be from underneath. ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY «.FOR Nome, St. Michael, Dawson AND.. ALL POINTS ON YUKON RIVER. CARRYING THE UNITED STATES MAIL. FOR NOME DIRECT: FOR NOME, ST. MICHAEL FROM SAN FRANCISCO ... 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